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Meredith Farkas named 2009 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award winner
This press release is dated Feb 18th, but I just saw on Walt's blog that Meredith has been awarded the 2009 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award. That's wonderful, congratulations Meredith!
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Value added with social media
One of the things I really like about Rollbots is that the creator (author?), MCM, each week posts a behind-the-scenes recap of the show, explaining some of what was supposed to happen in the episode, or why what did happen happened the way it did. It's neat to learn extra little tidbits about a piece…
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Unified Discovery Services
As we continue to charge towards the Taylor Family Digital Library here at the U of Calgary, the idea of unified discovery services is suddenly popping up frequently in casual (work) conversations and meetings. This is especially relevant at the UofC as our umbrella organizational structure is called Libraries and Cultural Resources (LCR) and consists…
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Second thoughts on Shortcovers
Yesterday I blogged about the new Shortcovers service. Last night I read a short story and have the following observations. I like how I can browse the website from my desktop, bookmark titles, and then have them appear on my iPhone for reading. (I can also, of course, browse and bookmark from the iPhone). I…